Art & Crafts
A collection of projects in different scales and changing materials, with Eretz Israel as the subject. Each object deals with a particular and unique aspect of the layers that compose Eretz Israel from my personal point of view. The projects explore stories and questions about geography, politics, Israeli culture, and Jewish tradition. All projects range between art and design, with each object being a product whose use is compatible and stems from the story it tells.
Woman of Sdom
Brass / 1x7 cm A pair of earrings that tell a story of the Dead Sea drying up during the last forty years as a result of minimal flow of water from the Jordan River and the fact that Dead Sea factories make use of the water from the Dead Sea.
Eretz Israel chicken brooch
Brass / 4x1 cm The concept of “melting pot” accompanies Israel since its establishment, supposedly as a must for the existence of the state and society by defining one truth and taboos, which are not negotiable. In many cases, reality changes and it turns out that the approach is fundamentally wrong. Ironically, Israelis have a short memory, which prevents change and new ideas.
Dog Rag
Silver / 5x3 cm
Zionism medallion
Gold / 3x3 cm
The Wall Chanukah Menorah
Stainless steel / 19x30 cm The wall between Israel and The West Bank provides us with security and quiet life, as long as the miracle of the wall remains.
Pita Menora
Wood & stainless steel / 12x15 cm
Safety Room Menora
Bent metal / 45x18 cm Israel is the only country in the world where there are secure rooms in every building or an apartment. Recently, many secure rooms have been added to old buildings, which lead to a harsh fortress like architectural language. Israel is the only country in the world where there are secure rooms in every building or an apartment. Recently, many secure rooms have been added to old buildings, which lead to a harsh fortress like architectural language.
Wine tower- Kiddush cup
Glass / 7x15cm Water Tower is an Israeli symbol for settling and pioneering. Settling in Israel is Holy. In the past – to the religion of the Kibbutzim and today to the National Religious Movement. As such, it creates differences in each negotiation for peace, gaps that shatter all hopes to pieces.
The Jewish Galilee Skullcap
Knitting / 14 cm diameter In 1979, the government of Israel initiated a plan to settle the Galilee, which was populated until then by a continuum of Arab population. The Jewish settlements were established on hilltops and mountain peaks as fortresses overlooking the landscape. Securing a hold on the country, above the Arab settlements and cities that are located at the edge of the valleys and the foothills of the mountains. The lookout was designed as a lone, closed territorial unit, a perimeter motorway occupying the hill, with homes along it, overlooking the scenery, separated from each other and the mountain by huge Retaining walls. Unfortunately, this planning concept characterizes the urban planning on mountains throughout Israel, The size of villages and cities alike. The roads that surround the mountains slopes are not streets, they don’t lead to functioned square as they are in the center of the Arab settlements at the foothills of the mountains
Israel army shoelace
Army boots, Spray & shoelace / 30x30 cm The Israeli Army is made up of the people. The citizens worry and pray for their soldiers. However, there are unclear boundaries between religion and state in Israel. Quite often religious values penetrate the army and create a dissonance.
The Watchtower
Mahogany wood / 13x25 cm In Israel, watchtowers are an integral part of the scenery; new towers, old towers and abandoned ones. The Watchtower is a concept, which symbolizes Danger. We need it because we may face Danger and we have to identify it in time. As long as the Watchtower stands, the Danger exists for us. After a war or a major crisis, it seems that Life is offered an opportunity for revival. This new Life, as much as it is revised, is not free from the pain of war or crisis, which generated it. Past traumas mold and influence the content and the meaning of this Life. Personal memories and collective consciousness bond the past to the present and create the future. In this work, the Tower is represented by two architectural languages, one of the past and one of the present. The object’s materiality is inspired by the form of stone fortifications. The object’s silhouette is inspired by the form of an industrial steel structure. The cubes have a strong resemblance to coffins of those taken before their time, and their loss casts a shadow on Life forever.
Holy books
Birch plywood / 100x50 cm
Water Tank Chess
Birch plywood / 45x70 cm The Israeli landscape is characterized by water tanks on rooftops, which differentiate between Arab and Jewish towns by their color; in Arab towns they are black and simple, in Jewish towns they are white and technologically more advanced. I created a chess set, which incorporates this reality showing that this is a game that never ends.
Typical Tzabar
Okoume plywood / 130x130 cm
Igloo
Sealing sheets / 600x200 cm
Water tanks herd
Metal / 50x100 cm
Matches Forest
Wood / 500x300 cm